Gartner Group estimates that 40 percent of all carbon dioxide emissions resulting from information technology and telecommunications are attributable to PCs.
In other words, the electricity your computer consumes is attributing to global warming.
Turn it off when it’s not in use, or use electricity management applications to curb down your PC’s power consumption.
Here’s the unofficial explanation from Slug-Lines.com :
Slugging is a term used to describe a unique form of commuting found in the Washington, DC area sometimes referred to as “Instant Carpooling” or “Casual Carpooling”. It’s unique because people commuting into the city stop to pickup other passengers even though they are total strangers! However, [...]
I already reported this week that the NASA Phoenix vehicle discovered water on Mars. But now it appears that the robotic lander has also confirmed the presence of a chemical known as Perchlorates.
From Wikipedia:
Perchlorates are the salts derived from perchloric acid (HClO4). They occur both naturally and through manufacturing. [...] They are also used [...]
The same folks who had won the Ansari X Prize for being the first private team to fly a vehicle to outer space and back — twice in two weeks — are now working hard on their next project: a commercial luxury jet that would take millionaires on a 24h flight into outer atmosphere.
Yes, I’m [...]
NASA’s Martian vehicle Phoenix confirmed the existence of water on Mars while testing soil samples in the past week. How wonderful!
Photo taken from Origins of Life
Way back in the days when the grass was still green
and the pond was still wet
and the clouds were still clean,
and the song of the Swomee-Swans rang out in space…
one morning, I came to this glorious place.
And I first saw the trees!
The Truffula Trees!
The bright-colored tufts of the Truffula Trees!
Mile after mile in the fresh [...]
Current research says that more dangerous than the radiation your mobile device is emitting, the real danger results from the attachment of a hot device onto our heads — a habit that can damage our brains.
Therefore I suggest buying ice-packed cell phone cases. It’s not available yet on the market, but I’m sure it’s only [...]
Depression is a terrible illness. It affects most of us at one point or another in life. But not many people know that several “thinking exercises” may be just as powerful as Prozac and other antidepressants.
CBT stands for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. It’s a therapeutic method for coping with and correcting maladaptive thinking patterns and behaviors. [...]
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The Love Seat is tightly upholstered with sturdy 17oz. Hemp fabric and accent welting giving the Love Seat an incredible surface of interesting variations of natural hemp color and textures.
Watch this. These beautiful creatures certainly deserve the right not to be tortured. It’s the very least. So I applaud Spain for their recent move.
